filenameUtilities.h

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** $RCSfile: filenameUtil.h,v $ $Revision: 1.4 $ $State: Exp $
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#ifndef DtFilenameUtil_H_
#define DtFilenameUtil_H_

#include "tdbutil/tdbUtilDefines.h"
#include <vlutil/vlFilename.h>

// Strips the base portion of a given filename from given name, and returns the 
// remaining path.
DT_DLL_tdbutil DtFilename stripBaseName(const DtFilename& filename);
DT_DLL_tdbutil DtString createTempDirectory(const char* tmpEnvVariable, const char* dirName);

// \brief Attempts to open a read/write file.
// tmpEnvVariable: an environment variable representing the location of temporary files.
// fp:  reference to file pointer
// pBaseName: optional prefix to filename.
// return:  full path to temp file if success, DtString::nullString() on fail.
//    also, fp will be null.
DT_DLL_tdbutil DtFilename DtCreateTempFile(const char* tmpEnvVariable, 
   FILE* &fp,
   const char* pBaseName);

#if defined(__sun)
DT_DLL_tdbutil char* makmkdtemp(char *path);
#endif

#endif   // DtFilenameUtil_H_